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The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-27
Whu Some Lakes aa.o saze.

The cause of the sadness of some
American lakes is too patent to require
manyswords of explanation. It is prob.
able that, when the continents wera
raised from the sea, the lakc-basins had
been already formed, and came up.
therefore, brimful of water. In the
northern and eastern part of the cont.
nent, where the supply from rain and
snowfall exceeds the loss by evaporation.
the salt, being continuously carried
away through their outlets, has become
so diluted as to be an imperceptible
quantity. In arid regions, as the Pa
citic slope and the country about the
Caspian, where the evaporation was in
excess Of the supply, the water-level OF
the lakes continuously sank until, on
account Of the diminished extent of sur
face, the equilibrium OF loss and gain
was attained. Hence the exceed
ing sadness OF Great Salt Lake.
the Dead Sea, etc. For a like
reason the water Of the Mediterranean
contains more salt relatively than that OF
the ocean. Evaporation exceeding the
supplies from the rivers and rainfall, ii
requires Q constant current through
the Strait Of Gibraltar. The same il
true Of the Red Sea, causing a like cur
entthrough the Strait Of Babel Man
deb. Other salt or brackish lakes
probably owe their sadness TO the sup
plies from the land. Water being the
most general of ali solvents, the rains
gather up the chloride Of sodium from
the soils and tho disintegrading rocks,
and where the streams fill into lakes
whose only outlet is evaporation, the
land itself must be a constant source oil
saline supply, and their waters must
become moro and more salt, until
their capacity as q solvent has been
reached.
The Utah Basin must once have been
to its brim with ocean water. Tho
outlet has been evaporation. The lake,
receding to its present level, has left
many evidences OF its former extent
Pei ular Science Monthly.
l.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-27
The % Rob

The outward robe of the Pope is red
and made from the wool of the lambs OF
the Convent of St. Agnes, near the
Porta PA. The cloak and the cape are
lined with purple and trimmed with
gold lace; his sombrero or hat is red
and has a gold cord and tassel. Beneath
the cloak he wears an alb, made also of
wool of the lambs of St. Agnes, and
which is grit about his waist with q sash
OF white MORE antique, garn,shed with
gold fringe. His hands are covered with
kid mittens and his feet are burdened
with a pair of slippers, worn over his
ordinary shoes, which produce a very
awkward appearance. - New York
IDOGus u
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-27
"A Hens Foua. Chickens.

Ara soule of Grant, Nina, noticed
recently that one Of his hens had ceased
laying eggs but was growing remark
ably large Finally, after attaining
az astonishing aize the hen died, and
Alr. soule Was curious enough i hold d
post+mortena examination. He cut the
foWl open and Nas some what astonished
when foar Eclt-deseloped spring chick.
ems popped out an1 began shutting
around the bars1yard. &c supposes thai
apIaa trouble WIsh The hem, organization
hid SLAPPED the sgress u III eggs and
that the natural bent ii her bodg incu.
@ slfieksn germs.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-27
Street Names Ia Merican cities.

Street nomenclature in Mexican cities
is a quecr thing. In Quad ~alaiara. for
instance, the IS OF the streets change
every few hundred feet. All the, saints
IN the calendar and many out of it have
a street or q block named after them.
And as an agreeable contrast most nrom-
ncnt statesmen and politicians are SINH
larry h nored. The principal street of
the CITY Of Mexico is known as Gale de
San Francisco, but every ono Of its sew
enteen blocks has a special name OF. its
own. Some of these special names are
translated as follows: Street of tho
Sacred Heart, Jesus street, Street Of the
Love of God, Heart of Jesus street.
John the Baptist street, Blood Of Christ
street, Grown Of Thorns street, HOW
street. Mother of Christ street.
3 dy Of Christ street, Fifth of Nav
street, and Street of the Sad Indian
New York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-27

The chemist of the Massachusetts
State Board of Health has recently an
alyzed a large number of so-called tenn
perance drinks, and has found that all
of them contain alcohol, one of them
containing as much as 44.3 per cent.
Several of them contain more than 40
per cent, and a very large proportion
more than 90 per cent. One of these is
said by its manufacturer to be "a purely
yegctai /. extract, stimulus to the body
without intoxicating" "Inebriatcs
struggling to reform will find its tonic
md sustaining influence on the nervous
system a great help to their efforts"
This preparation was found to contain
4f.6 per cent. of alcohol.
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Full asG Leaves.

E1&&EN=H@EE- - E#EM.
Do you hear the sad, sweet music.
Which, like some Eolian strain
Struck by warm winds unseen fingers,
Comes and goes, and comes againi
Ills the plaintise voice OF Nature,
Singing softly while she grieves.
Listl tits the funeral march Of Summer,
Ills the dirge of falling leaves.
We may catch the fa1tering accents
If we list with bated breath:
"Tine's ~tireless wheel in endless cycles
Brings birth and life and death.
Why a 9 the brightest joys the f.etest.
Why sing, il song must end in sigh?
Why SIN le, if smiles so soon are fadedl
Why live at all, if but to dieg'
Thus is the mournful, whispered cadence
Borne through the air on falling leaves;
Thus nature, like a Borrowing mother,
Sits by her dying child and grieves.
And my heart Las caught the echo,
Beating time TO che refrain,
Dying, dying, thus around me!
Is there ought Death cannot claim!
Arouse, my heart, bs brave and earnest!
Throw of the chill chains of despondl
Have you not heard the glorious promise
OF a birth and life beyonda
Though thu leaves shall fall and wither,
They will surely come again;
Though Death claim you for season,
Ii Q immortal waits you then.
miriam V. Croker.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-27
strtkrng Incident In Howatt.


Tho name which her Majesty the
| Queen Of Hawaii bears recalls, it may be
mentioned, n Of the greatest acts OF
hcroism recorded in the history of the
rebellion of human intellect against ia
natieism. There existed q horrible
Goddess Pcle, presiding over the great
volcano Mauni Loa, who was the most
| cruel and dreadful of all the insular di-
whites. Wherever upon the soil the
huge crater of Kilauca had thrown out
lava, stones, or %scoria, there her blood
thirsty temples were ere cted and human
victims were daily sacrificed. 1t was in
tho name of Pele that the priests exer-
ciscd their worst oppression, and there
fore it may be judged what splendid
courage was shown when the heroine
Kapiolani assembled the volcano to defy
and publicly dethrone the hateful god
dcss. She was the wife of a great chief
tain, who had become o Christian, and
she had determined to take on her own
head the tremendous responsibility OF
exposing the folly OF idol-worship. AS
she drew near the great crater d violent
eruption of FIRE and smoke took place,
which looked like the anger OF Pele,
and was attributed to that cause,
while furious attendants Of the fiery
goddess confronted Kapiolani upon its
brink, declaring that she would be
certainly killed, and all the islands de-
stroyed. Yet this noble woman fear
lessiy advanced over the quaking ground,
through the sulphurous air, and amid
fire, noises and m Ike, and Or the very
summit of Mauna l. "a defied the internal
deity, and declared her false, impotent,
and abominable. Insultingly throwing
stones into the SETTLING lava lake below,
size turned to the people and quietly
said. 'tPeele is nothing! Jehovah is
God, and made these fires. III perish
by the anger OF Pe}e, then you may fear
the power of Pele; butt I trust in
Jehovah, and He should ave me from
the wrath of Pele, when I break through
her tabus, then you must fear and serve
the Lord Jehovah. All the gods of Ha~
waii are vain! Great is Jehovah's good
ness in sending teachers to turn us from
these v%anitics to the living God and the
way of righteousness!'' Then they
and sanga hymn, and as moth
ing particular happene | the revolution
was achieved. The volcanic fires have !
continued, but Pele's evil light
was entirely put out by this heroic
demonstration, and since then the beau
tiful islands have become, if possible,
too much Europeanized. -[London
Telegraph.
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The "'ThouSaud Islands

If the islands and is.cts still RENAME |
merely in their original condition, as
rounded, dome-shaped knobs, clad with
pine and maple and Vlrginia-creeper,
rising hump-like in slow slopes from the
wa'er's edge, they would still be ex-
tremely romantic and picturesque. But
they are for more than this. The cease
less action of the river at their sides,
aided by the disintcgrating frosts of win
ter, and the pressure of the ice-packs
when the lake ''breaks up'' in carly
spring Exactly as if it were an academy
for young gentlemen in the Easter holi-
days., has cut many of their edges into
steep cliffs, Enthusiastically weathered, as
granite almost always wcathers, into
beautiful broken crags and ~pinnacles.
Thus the cliffs often spring sheer from
the surface of the water, worn by rain
and frost into quaint, jutting shapes, and
with rare ferns and flowers and creepers
hanging out here and there from their
creyiced hooks. The SUBMITS remain
the most part smooth and polished
by the old %ice-action; and the contrast
between their bald, round surfaces.
almost gray with g and lichens, and
the jagged and ru Idly outline of the
more recent fractures, makes an ex-
tremely bold and effective clement in
the total picture. The islets arc also of
every imaginable shape, size, and grouping
some of them big enough to hold two
or three farms, and Others of them risino
from midstream, crowned bv .
single waving stem of Canadian cedar.
Here IS one, for example, a mere bare
pinnacle of moldering rock; and here
another, a craggy little island, vet
with endless variety of timber,
whose dropping foliage hangs over the
oank and reflects itself placidly in the
i!Very mirror below. Thus cluster after
lister passes before ones eyes, all fairv-
ike, green, and romantic, but all as in
lniteiy varied in shape and contour as
intricate internixture of rock and veoe.
alton, and land and water, can possibly
make them. From Popular Science
dIOlEu[K. ~
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-27

situation is, and a lot more rubbish that.
they ought to be ashamed Of"
John tried to speak, but his wife had
the floor.
sit is only a coward who would take
refuge in death AID leave his wife, and
children to fight the life of battle alone.
sand right here, John, / want that
subject to end forever. It is hard en- ough
to live with a man who is chemically
discouraged, but when he hints at get
ting out of it, I object"
John Harris never again made any
vague and improbable threats. but took
the dilemma of business by both horns
and practically mastered it. Nor has
his wife ever heard him declare since
that evening that he was "a discouraged
man."-[Detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-27
Lee and Hts Mem. ,

E- u.
Gen. Lee held so completely the ad-
miration and confidence of his men that
his conduct of a campaign was rarely
criticised. Whatever Gen. Lee did, his
men thought it the best that could be-
done under the circumstances. Their
feeling toward him is well illustrated bv
the remark of the ragged rebel who
took # his hat TO the General as he was
passing and received a like courteous
salute in return:
God bless Marse Robert! / wish no
Nas Emperor Of this country and / was
MS carriage driver. "-[century Maya
zine.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-27

The object of greatest interest to visi-
tors at the Military Museum o. Cover
nor's Island, New York Harbor, is the
stuffed remains of Sheridan's famous
charger Rienzi, or Winchester, as he was
rechristened when he had carried sheri-
dan on his famous ride from Winchester,
twenty miles away" to Cedar Creek.
The remains were presented to the
museum by Gen. Sheridan with a memo-
randun, from which it appears that the
horse vas Of Black Hawk blood, and was
foaled at or near Grand Rapids, Mich.
While the Michigan Cavalry was sta
TONED Of RieDzi, Miss, in June, 1869,
tficers Of the regiment presented the
horse TO Sheridan, who was then their
Colonel. He rode this charger in nearly
oil the engagements in which he took
part, from Chaplin Hills, October s,
1869 to Appomartox Court House,
April 8, 1865.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-27
Eject 0P Noise.

The effect Of noise IN frightening any
terror we nay feel in adult years Is very
marked. The bowling Of the storm,
whether On sea or land, Is d principal
cause Of y anxiety when exposed to il.
The Writershaa been interested ii motto
nc u his own person, while lying in
bed, and kept awake by the wind out-
s'de, how Invariably each loud gust ofit
arrestsd nomantarily his heart. Il doc.
attacking Is II much moro dreadful 81
reason ofsfhe noiseashe makes -P5nular
seieaes MonthlY
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-27

H~igginsville, No., has a mathematical
wonder who doesn't know a letter of the
alphabet or one printed figure from an
other, but who is wonderfully strong on
mental calculations, making them off
hand. His name is Reuben Fields, and
he is 36 years of age. He claims that
his gift was given from heaven, and says
it came to him suddenly when 8 years
old. He says the Lord made but one
Samson, n Solomon, and one Reub
Fields. To the ono he gave strength,
the other wisdom, and to himself mathe-
NAUTICAL instinct. He guards this in
stinct with the utmost care, and will not
answer questions unless he is paid, fear
ing that it will be taken from him should
he use it to satisfy idle curiosity.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-27

y Is stated that 700, 900 acres or 30
per cent. of the available pine lands of
this country lie within Wisconsin and
Minnesota. It will, therefore, readily
be seen that their lumber supply com
prises n of the greatest sources OF
wealth of these two states. 1t is ac-
cordingly a proposition that will hardly
be gainsaid that the preservation Of this
source Of wealth is a matter of the most
vital Importance. s. far from being
carefully guarded it is disappearing
with astonishing rapidity.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-27
The CoLoneE,s Appeak.

Many humorous incidents occurred on
oattlefields. A Confederate Colonel ran
ahead OF his regiment at Malvern Hill,
and, discovering that the men were not
following him as closely as he wished,
ne uttered q fierce oath, and exclaimed:
Come on Doyou want to live foreverg''
The appeal was irresistible, and many q
poor fellow who had laugfed at the Cos
Dnels queer exhortation laid down his
die Don after.-[Chicago Ledger.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-27

Wilson Waddingham Of New Haven,
Conn, who recently purchased the An
tonic Otis grant Of 16s, 900 acres Of land
situated in San Miguel County Nsw
Mexico, is said to be the largest landed
proprietor in the world. He owns in fee
]. SOC, 600 acres, about 500, 900 acres
more than are claimed by the Duke Of
Westminster.
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I've Need to Take cara of mnaaerf

Ne Need to Take Care of Himself.
Sympathetic Friend 20 johnson, who
! about 70 depart for the p~enitentiary,
well, old man, goodbye. Take good
are Of yourself.
5o1nson-Gfeat scottl man, what,s
Eho usea Amt the whole state goina d
take care Of me for Tho next three
yearsaIW Washington Critic.
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A.. BLAIR j L. aoagH
BLACK G. MORRIS,
TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE

A eentr ly located and desirable bushes,
stan Oh NJ in street, Opelousa:, eoasis ins
f bid ng III table tor residence an sna
store, and adjoining a bakery, being ths
p ope ty mex to the pc t-otfice This prae
erty will be sold very cheap for cash, or half
cash and balance on terms to su t pu q ,asar
A. y at this office OF to NJ $. Edmond 4
Dupre March 9sggsS7
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-27

The Philadelphia Telegraph, after de-
claring that the double eagle is the only
piece issued from the United States Mint
which can be regarded as creditablc on
artistic grounds, suggests that the first
step 70 be taken in tho improvement Of
devices for our coins should be q legal
enactment authorizing the use, for that
ppEp0-of portraits Of th@ Presidents.
This 7 says the Telegraph, sswas proc
@sed At tho beginning, but the idea
was not adopted, mainly because Of the
opposition Of Washington, who was not
only d modest man, but who had some
notion that the use Of The Presidential
ffigy on the coinage savored OF
monarchy. The same journal hazards
The prediction that 'sthe interest and
numisnatic value Of our coins will be
rnhancodn By the use Of Presidential
portraits, and insists that our people
hare outlivcd the prejudice On which
Washington's objection was based.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-27

Mi Robert Hicks Monday OF Eng
Iand, who represents 4 syndicate Of
leading English capitalists, Is on his
way to Texas and southern California
III inspect lane ] there offered for sale.
II response 70 questions propounded
by i New Orleans reporter, III. Mond-
Iay said ssMy present mission il, 10 De-
cure. If possible, grazing lands that will
biz Of tho same temperature and charac-
Ter III those III northern Arabia. Several
English gentlcmen desire to try the ex-
pertinent on 4 large scale of rearing the
pure arabian horse on American soil. 1t
said there arc portions Of lower CALI
forpia, Arizona and Texas where the
Sand characteristics Of soil and climate
IL obtained III Arabia may be found.
With thoroughbred stations and dams
NJ ii believed q rae of horses can be de-
veloped that, under the ju licious sya-
tenn of training now III rogue would 4
cal Hid original AraliaAs ii power, en-
DURANGO and speed. II stands 10 reason
that starting with thu Same pure blood,
and given additional nutrition III the
~ of varied grasses md vegetable
Iood. With Il more salubrious climate
MA i purer atmosphere The breed can-
nat bsst prove better than It'll ofigiaas.
~ gnfs arFass8#r~ rn,sr $4,000
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ST. MARY's
0PELOUSAS, LA

UPELOUSASs La.
The course of instruction in this Institution enbssess
English. French, Latin, Greek, Arithmetic. alaslaa
Geometry, bookkeeping, Natural Sciences, Histsry..
Geography, Penmanship, and great care ID bestowed
on Christian Instruction.
Transitional and tuition per month Sfs. nm
Scholars per month, So, SO or "a, according to alass,
Glasses are resumed on Wednesday, September 18th.
1856. REV. g. RAYMOND, o. D..
REV. f. j. RAYMOND.
HENRY G. LEWIS,
Aug. 90. 1885. a. BLANC DUQUEsNAY.
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FOR SALE.

A Fine Res 'dence, with all necessarY outt
buildings AMI Improvements, and sufficient
land for asm Ii farm, a tjoining the o pofats
limits tf Ope gu as, will be sol c eap
Ap ly at this effic,. din
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-22
General NeM..

BuuNTss fair.
CLr,R aud cool.
PLE,sANr weather.
TIE Commonwealth was expected 10 pass
u Nicksburg last night.
Tur CITY Of Cairo 4 the Anchor line
racket leaving here tomorrow morning for
Nickshurg.
Tnr Alberta. No. 2, Capt Smith. Is an
nounccd to leave herr this evening for
White river.
Tnr Gnyoso, from the upper coast, brought
lsd bales of cotton, ~ bags II seed cotton.
and ., sol sacks of cotton seed.
Az anchor. evidently lust or some gun.
boat during the war has been iishcd out Of
the Big eddy on the falls u the Ohio.
TuE Kate Adams Il reported aground nj
Wcstoycr, opposite Frinn Point, aud she
will probably not leave here fnr Arkansas
city until Monday, her regular day.
Tur Tell city wharfboat aud number Of
large warehouses arr crowded with furniture
Awaiting shipment. The lint boat passing
there for New Orleans will have q bonanza.
Auousr B,LpoRr, recently injured In the
Jacksonville shipyarl, lia, sucl Capt IA. J.
Howard for $1,000 damage lie has been
q cripple ever since, and being unable u
make living was compelled To ~ to the
poor farm.
Tnr river Is reported lower at Helena than
Il has been for twenty Year. though fifteen
years ago Il shoalcd Ia four aud onc.hall
feet below here and the Phil Allen WI,
compelled 20 lay up ON account Of not hay.
ingwatcr enough To run on.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
Money, I,onds nnd stocks.

NEW NoRK, oct 2l.-Moncy on call easy
at ~ tO6 per cent, last loan at per cent
closed offered at per cent. Prime mcTcan-
tile paper, bClS per cent Sterling exchange
dull aud unchanged
Government bonds were dull and firm.
State bonds were entirely neglected.
The stock market was less active today,
aud, while the prices were higher than on
any day this week, the fluctuations were mar
row except for few spccialtics There was
general improvement In the forenoon,
which, however, was not maintained In the
afternoon. The bears offered no resistance
Ia the advance hut there was n disposition
shown 10 let the market take care Of itself,
and the buying was almost entirely from the
shorts, Notwithstanding the repeated asser-
tions that the bears have already covered.
The news Of the day Was generally Of favor
able nature, and the trunk line meeting the
trnnscontinental negotiations, and the
attempts To bring about harmony be
tween the Pacific mail and the ca
madam paciliC all had an influence
upon prices for good. The move
ments in the active last, however, were very
sluggish, and the only important changes in
quotations were made In the inactive stocks
which were affected by special causes.
Railroad bonds were active and firm "a
strong Sales Si70,OO0 The total sales oi
stocks today were 3i0,IlO shares. Closing
| quotations
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Truatee's Sale.

UTHEREAs. on the 9TH day Of september 1874,
w n A. llollenbcrg conveyed By deed rcpis
tered IN hook iWi. on page ia. In the Registers ~.
Gee, In shelby county, Tennessee 10 br. Frank
Rice, trustee The rial estate hereinafter dcsrrbe
10 secure certain Indebtedness therein mentioned
and whereas, by decree Of the Chanccp Court u
shelby county. Tennessee entered In the cnse Of ~
A. HollcnhcW against \ fnlnsiola aud other In
minute book ~, on page ti2, on the 9Th day u
lndehie'incs then unpatd was s2Go. for which ,nid
Nay @ spS sSS R O T. Sinsct nS sSlt aI sSS
master OF aid ChanccD Court. aud his Successors
In ofcc, were appointed trustees In the place aud
stead Of aid DR. fnnk Rice: aud whereas Il was
therein dccfccd that IN the event the aid notes
made BY " A. llollenbtW should not he paid At
maturity the said trustee - appointed fhonld pro-
COED ~ scll the s,d nal estate upon the terms and
conditions pro, idcd In the deed Of llollcnhcrg 10
Dovcll, clerk aud Master 81 the Chanccfy Court II
shelby county, Tennessee trustee lsucccssof lo fnld
X J. Black. clcrk and MASTER BY. virtue Of tho
led by taking oath and giving bond a. rcqurcd by
Law, and being requested by the holder of some
Of said no's - 20 do, hereby give notcc that on
ifunt 81 the Courthouse In shelby county, Tennes-
see will pnocccd 10 ell for cash the iolowlng a..
,cribcd rial estate, situate and being In the Taxing
District Of shelby county formerly the city u
Mcmphisl, In the county Of shelby, state Of len.
nes,cc. bounded aud described a. follows. ILrin.
I'm .st Win he aSs sde II linen inv ,S s 4, n rs
~ Third strvst running theme. south with tbecast
side Of ,aid alley one hundred and forty clsht aud
south Of Madison street thence east with the north
side ol aid Last mentioned alley twenty Tour aud
time iourihs feet Ia stake, thence north parallel
with the taid hnt mentioned alley one hundrrd
aud forty eight aud one half feet 20 the south side
ol Madison ttrcct, thence west with the south side
o. Madison street twenty four aud three ioufths
feet 10 the beginning point ON which IL n four
story brick building.
The title IL believed 70 he perfect but shall sell
and convey a. trustee only.
= l. MCDOWELL
Clerk and Master Of the Chanocfy Court VI shelby
county. Tennessee, Trustee.
MamIlhl. nnInlar 4 lAal-